In Vain

[Chorus]
I hope I ain't around when they raid
The block so hot, I know they comin' any day
All the shit that I done did for the gang
Hope the homies don't make me feel like I did it in vain
I hope I ain't around when they raid
The block so hot, I know they comin' any day
All the shit that I done did for the gang
Hope the homies don't make me feel like I did it in vain

[Verse 1]
Ten toes down with the chin up
I was on the yard, buffin' hard, doin' chin-ups
Me and Duke grind on the block, they came to get us
Nigga flushed everything but the pistol
Wе was livin' fast, spending money evеn faster
Every time we made a hundred grand it never lasted
Shoppin' at Barney's and Fred Siegel
The homeboy pulled up in a red Regal
I see dead people every time I close my eyes and dream
Pull him out the duffel, to the money machine
Street life made me an entrepreneur
Started at the bottom so we got it out the store
The block on fire but we still got 'em comin'
Niggas from the other side comin' through bustin'
This rap game just like the dope game
Every tape that I make is like a raw brick of cocaine

[Chorus]
I hope I ain't around when they raid
The block so hot, I know they comin' any day
All the shit that I done did for the gang
Hope the homies don't make me feel like I did it in vain
I hope I ain't around when they raid
The block so hot, I know they comin' any day
All the shit that I done did for the gang
Hope the homies don't make me feel like I did it in vain

[Verse 2]
Steppin' on shit, ain't askin' questions
Speak no evil, I can't answer questions
One wrong move you could lose your whole life
It's a risk but I still throw the dice
Shake it up, I swear them square niggas don't relate to us
Soon as you start gettin' success you feel the hatred comin'
Niggas think you fake or somethin' now that you makin' somethin'
Here come the trap, grab your strap and start spanking somethin', yeah
Welcome to the land
You dumped off in the hills if you really gettin' a bag
I was a juvenile delinquent from the hood with no people
Made my own name as a kid on these streets
Hope they don't make the law question what he did it for
'Cause if they do all the love gon' be gone
Don't make the law question what he did it for
'Cause if they do all the love gon' be gone

[Chorus]
I hope I ain't around when they raid
The block so hot, I know they comin' any day
All the shit that I done did for the gang
Hope the homies don't make me feel like I did it in vain
I hope I ain't around when they raid
The block so hot, I know they comin' any day
All the shit that I done did for the gang
Hope the homies don't make me feel like I did it in vain

[Outro]
I pledge allegiance to the streets
The code, the morals and the ethics
Vow to never break code
Vow to never fake, snake, hate
None of that shit
But you know
You don't always get that in return, you know what I'm sayin'?
But that's the street life
They killed Jesus, who the fuck is you?